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Britain’s Aims:The British prime Minister, David Lloyd George also wanted reparations, but to a lesser extent than the French peopleHis main goal was to have a restored Germany, in order to have a trading partner so the British economy would not suffer.He was also worried by Woodrow Wilson’s proposal for “self determination” because he knew that France's Clemenceau would not agree to such ideas under any circumstances.

Lloyd George knew that at some point Europe would have to reconcile with Germany. He wanted to impose some reparations on Germany, but not under terms so harsh that the entire German economy would collapse. If the German economy was ruined, then the entire European economy would also suffer. Unfortunately, British politicians wanted harsh reparations and Lloyd could not be too politically lenient on Germany and had to show some aggressiveness.